Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
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Nov 2, 2026
StephanieHOST
Patrick Stewart was a theater kid from the age of 12, and then he worked as a reporter for a local paper and a furniture salesman, all to save up money for drama school.
StephanieHOST
He did end up getting accepted by the Bristol Old Vic Theater School at the age of 17, made his professional onstage debut at 19, and spent his 20s touring the world with the Old Vic Theater Company.
StephanieHOST
In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and stayed with them for 27 years.
StephanieHOST
In the mid 80s, he wandered into Los Angeles to audition for this new Star Trek show he heard about.
Patrick StewartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was predictable, it was planned, it was coordinated.
Sean Tarek GoodwinCORRESPONDENT
He followed that passion into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before he was chosen to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966.
Sean Tarek GoodwinCORRESPONDENT
Though
Patrick StewartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death, the memory be green.
Patrick StewartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was predictable, it was planned, it was coordinated.
Sean Tarek GoodwinCORRESPONDENT
He followed that passion into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before he was chosen to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966.
Sean Tarek GoodwinCORRESPONDENT
Though
Patrick StewartSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death, the memory be green.
CeeGeeHOST
Acting became a refuge and eventually a profession.
CeeGeeHOST
He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, worked in regional theatre, and developed a long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
CeeGeeHOST
He spent years learning how to command a room before most of the world even knew his name, and you could feel that training in his screen performances.
CeeGeeHOST
He could give a speech enormous weight, but he could also sit quietly, listen to another actor, and make you want to know what he was thinking.
SouhaNARRATOR
Stuart discovered acting While still at school and briefly worked as a newspaper reporter before pursuing the stage professionally.
SouhaNARRATOR
He trained at the British Old Vic Theatre School and spent his early career performing in regional theatre across Britain.
SouhaNARRATOR
In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, beginning an association that would establish him as a leading classical actor.
SouhaNARRATOR
Over the following decades, he appeared in productions of Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, and numerous other works by Shakespeare.
Pippa HaywoodGUEST
And so I really had to go on to acting school in order to start playing some female roles.
Ray LeeHOST
So you went on to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Ray LeeHOST
So what was that like? Was it like rep?
Pippa HaywoodGUEST
Well, first of all, I did a drama degree at Bristol and then I went up the hill to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to do a postgrad acting course.
Pippa HaywoodGUEST
And yes, when I was younger, I was never sure if I would make the grade as an actor.
Pippa HaywoodGUEST
I'd always wanted to act.
Pippa HaywoodGUEST
So how
Ray LeeHOST
long were you there in total?
Grace BarterHOST
Stewart joined an amateur drama group at 12 and memorized Shakespeare for fun as a teen.
Grace BarterHOST
He won a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, launching a career as a character actor.
Grace BarterHOST
He had been bald since he was 19.
Grace BarterHOST
Alopecia runs in his family.
Thomas WattsCORRESPONDENT
bloodstream.
Thomas WattsCORRESPONDENT
He received a council grant to attend Bristol's Old Vic Theatre School and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the mid-1960s.
Thomas WattsCORRESPONDENT
For the next 20 years, Stuart was a regular face on stage and screen, appearing in everything from A Midsummer Night's Dream to the period television drama North and South.
speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I knew the hour and date of your arrival from Mr Bell.
JosieHOST
Stewart joined an amateur drama group at age 12 and memorized Shakespeare for fun as a teen.
JosieHOST
He won a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, launching a career as a character actor.
JosieHOST
He had been bald since he was 19.
JosieHOST
Alopecia runs in his family.
RobHOST
very recognisable face, especially if you were watching TV throughout the 90s.
RobHOST
Pippa was born in Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1961 and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before building an impressive career in British television.
RobHOST
Many viewers will remember her as Helen Brittis in the BBC sitcom The British Empire, where she played the long-suffering deputy manager alongside Chris Barry's chaotic leisure centre boss.
RobHOST
Now, I think I've mentioned The British Empire previously when we've had another actor who's appeared in British Empire and Goodnight Sweetheart.